Teaholic not quite anonymous

There are very few coffee items that will make me pass up on my tea. But, the latest one has JUST hit stores again. I adore the Coffee Mate Holiday Creamers. The Mint Mocha is very good as is the Gingerbread. Although, if you buy the normal Chai Spice creamer it is VERY similar to the Gingerbread. These creamers are about the only coffee flavor that can make me pass up on my tea!

Matt loves these creamers too. He especially loves the Mint Mocha. So I bought two, one for home and one for work and sent one to work with him today. He even had a cup of coffee this morning at home just to have some creamer! Normally he has his first cup of coffee at work while his computer boots (slooooooow).

Although, if I go out to a coffee shop, I will get a cup of decaf or a decaf coffee drink. My mom's group has coffee night once a week and I normally attend about 1/2 of them. So, if I'm at the coffee shop, I will get a coffee drink. I especially love mint mocha or cherry forest.

I also love to make my own 'mocha' at home. I add one Land 'o Lakes gourmet hot chocolate packet to a cup of coffee, with some plain creamer and it's a great mocha! Land 'o Lakes have flavors like Caramel, Mint, Raspberry, French Vanilla, Dark Chocolate-they are DELICIOUS although not good for your waistline. Afterall, it does come from the butter maker. But they make great mocha!

However, all coffee lovers get ready to recoil in horror. At home I normally drink instant coffee. Yes, I do. Instant coffee. You'd think, as much as I love my loose high-end teas I'd drink decent coffee, right? Well, nope. I see nothing wrong with instant. I normally only have one cup of coffee and I just don't see the point of dirtying the coffee pot for just one cup of coffee. If Matt and I are both having coffee, then MAYBE I'll use the coffee pot. Of course, if we have a crowd over, the pot get used. I don't use WONDERFUL grounds either--just simple Maxwell House (or Taster's Choice instant) for me.

But move over tea! The winter creamers are in! I still can't drink coffee very often though because it makes me really hungry so quickly. It gives me too much of a caffeine rush. Caffeinated Tea is more mellow and affects my system more gently. Plus, I can have more than one cup of tea if I want to. More than one cup of coffee sends me bouncing off the walls.

Tea of the Day: Since I had coffee this morning, I will supplement with Adagio Roobios Mango the rest of the day.